Translation Coordinator

Role Overview

• Reporting to the Translation Coordination Team Leader
• Responsible for the planning, scheduling, tracking, and delivery of the language translation phase of projects
• Working with project managers to understand client business objectives
• Spearheading planning and execution internally to ensure services are delivered on time
• Accepting projects from project managers
• Assigning projects to vendors or internal resources via SAVANTA
• Tracking project status
• Delivering projects to the File Formatting Team
• Sending linguistic questions to project managers or linguistic teams
• Processing purchase orders in SAVANTA
• Consulting with other Translation Coordinators on questions about projects
• Coordinating with other teams
• Ensuring profitability of projects and meeting monthly revenue goals
• Processing feedback to linguists and vendors
• Escalating feedback needs through proper channels
• Completing or compiling monthly reports and alerting management of error trends

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• Professional translation experience or other similar language industry experience preferred, but not required
• Working knowledge of SAVANTA, Trados, and MS applications
• Excellent analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to occasionally manage and deliver projects during non-standard hours
• Outstanding planning, scheduling, and coordination skills
• Highly motivated with a willingness to take initiative and complete assignments
• Ability to stay on task with minimal supervision and regularly report on progress
• Quick learner with the ability to multi-task in occasionally stressful situations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, regression analysis, etc.) a plus
• Good time management skills and ability to complete a heavy workload within an established time frame
• Fluent in English
• Fluency in a second language, other than English, or skill in translation/legal industries is preferred, but not required.

Benefits

• Supervision is provided by the Translation Coordination Team Leader
• Consistently standing and/or sitting with the ability to meet with other team members
• Consistently operating a computer and other office productivity machinery